Bracebridge Hall

or The Humorists

Washington Irving

• Publisher: Start Classics
• Year: 2015
• Topic: Literature
• eBook ISBN:
  9781633554672
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author of the early nineteenth century. Best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle, he was also a prolific essayist, biographer and historian. He spoke fluent Spanish, which served him well in his writings on that country, and he could read several other languages, including German and Dutch. His first book was A History of New-York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker. He travelled on the Western frontier in the 1830s and recorded his glimpses of Western tribes in A Tour on the Prairies. He spoke against the mishandling of relations with the Native American tribes by Europeans and Americans. He popularized the nickname "Gotham" for New York City, and is credited with inventing the expression "the Almighty dollar."

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• BRACEBRIDGE HALL;
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• THE HALL
• THE BUSY MAN
• FAMILY SERVANTS
• THE WIDOW
• THE LOVERS
• FAMILY RELIQUES
• AN OLD SOLDIER
• THE WIDOW'S RETINUE
• READY-MONEY JACK
• WIVES
• BACHELORS
• STORY TELLING
• THE STOUT GENTLEMAN
• FOREST TREES
• A LITERARY ANTIQUARY
• THE FARM-HOUSE
• HORSEMANSHIP
• LOVE SYMPTOMS
• FALCONRY
• HAWKING
• ST. MARK'S EVE
• GENTILITY
• FORTUNE-TELLING
• LOVE-CHARMS
• THE LIBRARY
• THE STUDENT OF SALAMANCA
• ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEMEN
• A BACHELOR'S CONFESSIONS
• ENGLISH GRAVITY
• GYPSIES
• MAY-DAY CUSTOMS
• VILLAGE WORTHIES
• THE SCHOOLMASTER
• THE SCHOOL
• A VILLAGE POLITICIAN
• THE ROOKERY
• MAY-DAY
• THE MANUSCRIPT
• ANNETTE DELARBRE
• TRAVELLING
• POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS
• THE CULPRIT
• FAMILY MISFORTUNES
• LOVERS' TROUBLES
• THE HISTORIAN
• THE HAUNTED HOUSE
• DOLPH HEYLIGER
• THE STORM-SHIP
• THE WEDDING
• THE AUTHOR'S FAREWELL